20 Vegan Fall Dessert Recipes

As the weather cools down and the trees turn to various shades of red and orange, it’s officially Fall baking season. With tempting ingredients like pumpkin, apple, pecan, maple, and an abundance of warming fall spices – how can you not be obsessed with fall desserts? Honestly, aside from the holidays, easy vegan fall dessert recipes are 70% why we love this season. And what’s better than making the entire house smell like cozy, comforting fall spices while you enjoy the other 30% – warm sweaters, curling up under a blanket, and either reading a book or catching up on Netflix!   

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20 Must-Try Easy Fall Dessert Recipes

Whether you’re looking for easy fall desserts to share during the holidays or at dinner parties, or just looking for ways to use up an abundance of fresh Fall produce like apples and pumpkin, we’ve gathered the below list of best fall desserts currently on PBOAB. This list of 20 vegan fall dessert recipes is made up of a combination of grab n’ go snacks, fall dessert classics, and decadent treats. Some things you definitely won’t miss in this list are an abundance of warming spices (like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and more) and fall favorites ingredients that are sure to impress.  

Best of all, all the below easy fall desserts are 100% plant-based and perfect for those on a low budget. Because keeping costs low doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy Fall dessert in style! Plus, once you’ve browsed through the below list of vegan fall dessert recipes, feel free to also peruse through our entire collections of apple, pumpkin, and pecan recipes!

Baked Pears

These Baked Pears are the ultimate elegant snack! They’re delicious, super warm and flavorful, and the perfect fruit-festive and fall dessert. Everyone is going to swoon over these tasty baked pears!

Baked Pears

Not only are baked pears an elegant dessert for entertaining, but these sweet baked pears combine all our favorite fall elements. It’s a warm and comforting dessert that combines hearty nuts and dried fruit with warming pumpkin spice and then topped with maple syrup. What’s not to love?!

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Persimmon Bread

While not the most budget-friendly ingredient, if you have a neighbor with a persimmon tree (or want to splash out), this warming persimmon bread is well worth it (and this pumpkin chai persimmon smoothie is a must-try too!). With a combination of sweet and rich persimmon and warming spices, this simple vegan quick bread is a great fall dessert recipe to treat family and friends.

Persimmon Bread

5 from 44 votes

Have you ever tried baking with persimmons? This Persimmon Bread is a really good place to start! It's seriously delicious!

Pumpkin Chocolate Pie

If you love pumpkin pie and chocolate, then you’ll adore this vegan pumpkin chocolate pie. It’s rich, decadent, and loaded with fall-friendly spices. This decadent fall dessert recipe is perfect for impressing at dinner parties, Thanksgiving, and more!

Pumpkin Chocolate Pie

This pumpkin chocolate pie is decadent and chocolatey – combining warming pumpkin spice with a creamy pumpkin chocolate filling, for a super rich fall dessert.

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Crispy Apple Chips

If you’re looking for a way to use up the abundance of apples during this next fall season, we’ve found the perfect snack for you – crispy apple chips. These apple chips are healthy, versatile, and far more cost-effective than buying them in-store!

Baked Apple Chips

5 from 81 votes

No need to turn to expensive store-bought snacks with these Baked Apple Chips! They are super budget-friendly and easy to make!

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Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookies

These Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookies are the perfect fall cookie! They’re packed with warming spices, wonderfully moist and chewy from added molasses, and are great for sharing during the holidays!

Soft Pumpkin Molasses Cookies

4.95 from 60 votes

Enjoy two cookies in one with these easy soft pumpkin molasses cookies, ready in just 30 minutes. They’re soft, slightly chewy, thick, and perfectly flavored for fall with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and rich molasses!

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Chai Popcorn

Swap out chai latte for this chai-spiced popcorn at your next Fall movie night. It’s packed with flavor, made up of pantry staples, and the perfect snack for the holidays (Halloween included!).

Chai Popcorn

5 from 25 votes

This Chai Popcorn is delicious and is the ultimate snack! Get ready to indulge in this super flavorful and spiced popcorn!

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Apple Cinnamon Bread

This Apple Cinnamon Bread is full of rich flavors and is the ultimate fall bread recipe! Even better though, this combination is the perfect balance of flavors – and who can resist apple and cinnamon? (We can’t! We’ve even shared a recipe for vegan apple cinnamon waffles!)

Apple Cinnamon Bread

5 from 58 votes

Treat yourself to a fluffy slice of this vegan apple cinnamon bread! This easy vegan quick bread recipe is perfectly cozy, tart, and sweet thanks to the juicy apples and warm cinnamon in every bite. Easy to customize and always a hit during fall, it’s the perfect treat to enjoy when the leaves start to change color.

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Pumpkin Oat Cookies

For a healthier (yet super delicious) take on pumpkin cookies, these pumpkin oat cookies are coming to the rescue. They’re gluten-free, oil-free, and yet are both healthy and indulgent enough to enjoy as a breakfast treat, snack, or dessert! Optionally drizzle with a simple icing sugar drizzle for more decadence.  

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

4.92 from 46 votes

These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are soft, thick, chewy, and loaded with warm pumpkin spice flavor – an easy, cozy, decadent cookie that tastes like fall!

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Apple Cranberry Crisp

This apple cranberry crisp relies on just under ten ingredients for the best apple cranberry crisp recipe you’ll try. The combination of sweet and tart apples and cranberries pairs perfectly with the sweet oat streusel topping – making this a simple and flavorful crowd-pleasing vegan fall dessert recipe!

Apple Cranberry Crisp

5 from 58 votes

This is hands down the best apple cranberry crisp recipe you’ll try! It is a great twist on the class apple crisp dessert. This recipe will easily become your go-to favorite dessert recipe (and definitely a crowd pleaser).

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

You know you’re onto a winner when chocolate chips are involved! These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are chewy, sweet, flavorful, and packed with the flavor of pumpkin, fall spice, and just enough chocolate to taste truly decadent.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 43 votes

These are the BEST vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! They’re thick, chewy, soft, lightly spiced, and loaded with real pumpkin flavor and plenty of vegan chocolate chips!

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Apple Pie

Is it even Fall if you haven’t yet eaten apple pie?! This list of easy fall desserts wouldn’t be complete without one – and this one is exceptional as its simplicity (both with ingredients and method) makes it the perfect stress-free dessert during the holidays! For even more decadence, drizzle the entire pie with homemade caramel sauce!

Vegan Apple Pie

4.98 from 38 votes

Turn those freshly-picked apples into this delicious Vegan Apple Pie brimming with a lusciously spiced homemade apple filling nestled in a flaky melt-in-your-mouth crust! A classic, heartwarming comfort food ideal for holiday dinners, special occasions, or whenever you're craving a sweet treat.

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Stuffed Baked Apple

Whether you’re hoping to impress guests or family, these warming stuffed baked apples are a Fall favorite. This healthy fall dessert combines nuts, raisins, oats, and warming spices baked inside tender, juicy apples (or pears!). Serve up with vegan yogurt, ice cream, or custard for a simple but crowd-pleasing dish.

Stuffed Baked Apple

5 from 70 votes

It’s time top get festive with this fancy but super simple dessert! This Baked Stuffed Apple will make a big entrance at your family dinner!

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Apple Pear Pie

For a pear-fect twist on a fall favorite, this apple-pear pie combines the two fruits with warm fall spices and a subtle-sweet pie crust (gluten-free optional) for an impressive Fall dessert for the holidays. Enjoy a slice alone or with vegan ice cream, custard, or whipped cream for a decadent treat!

Easy Apple Pear Pie

5 from 48 votes

This apple pear pie is sweet, warm, and cozy, filled with a cinnamon-spiced apple filling, topped with pears, and a brown sugar glaze, all in a buttery crisp pre-made vegan pie crust (gluten-free optional!) Perfect for impressing at potlucks, dinner parties, mid-week meals, and Thanksgiving!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Brownies

If you’ve already tried chocolate pumpkin pie (higher up in this list), then these pumpkin chocolate brownies are next. These fall pumpkin brownies are a simple one-bowl, 6-ingredient, meal-prep, and freezer-friendly easy fall dessert recipe. Best of all, they’re chewy, chocolatey, and just pumpkin-y enough for a moreish fall treat.

Easy Pumpkin Brownies Recipe

4.90 from 76 votes

All during fall, I eat as many pumpkin-flavored things as I can! These amazing pumpkin brownies are one of them! Super simple to make and so delicious! I guarantee you that no one will even notice these moist and chocolatey brownies are vegan!

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Apple Granola Topped Goodness

Whether you’re looking for a simple lunchbox snack or a healthy treat, these apple granola snack bites fit the bill, dipping apple slices into chocolate and the granola of your choice (like this peanut butter granola or simple granola). The result is a perfect combination of sweet, sour, tender, and crunchy. After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away… right?!

Healthy Apple Snacks with Granola

5 from 57 votes

These Healthy Apple Snacks with Granola are known as Apple Granola Topped Goodness at our house. They're the best way to satisfy a sweet tooth while using healthy, delicious ingredients.

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Vegan Apple Cake

If you’d prefer something a little more decadent than the above, why not try this warming spiced apple cake. Packed with apples and applesauce, this apple cake is a delicious, moist, tender, healthy (ish) fall dessert.

Vegan Apple Cake

4.86 from 63 votes

This moist and delicious Vegan Apple Cake is the best way to enjoy those sweet and juicy fall produce! A delightfully spiced cake crammed with crisp apple chunks that you can make using one bowl in just 45 minutes. Enjoy is as a sweet afternoon snack with your favorite hot drink or as a dessert with a scoop of vegan ice cream on top.   

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Strawberry Apple Sauce

If you love applesauce and strawberries, these two ingredients are a pairing you never knew you needed in your life. The fresh, crisp apples combine with sweet and summery strawberries for applesauce that will transport you to warmer summer months all Fall-through! Enjoy it in desserts or served with yogurt, custard, ice cream, and more!

Easy Strawberry Applesauce

5 from 54 votes

This 4-ingredient homemade strawberry applesauce is sweet (and optionally sugar-free), delicious, and the perfect blend of summer and fall to prepare using a stove or crockpot!

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Gluten-Free Maple Blondies

These gluten-free maple blondies from Strength and Sunshine are an easy fall dessert recipe your entire family will adore. They’re soft, buttery, and packed with decadent flavors – yet 100% dairy-free, vegan, and slightly healthier over traditional blondies.

Gluten-free Maple Blondies

These super easy Gluten-Free Maple Blondies are vegan, allergy-free, and just 8 ingredients! Incredibly chewy, soft, buttery, and packed with rich maple and caramel-y brown sugar flavors! This simple nut-free, dairy-free, and eggless blondie recipe is a lightened-up and healthy treat everyone will be reaching for!

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Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake

This vegan pumpkin cheesecake from Ve Eat Cook Bake is the definition of decadence; it’s indulgent and luxurious, with creamy, rich pumpkin cheesecake filling over a healthy cinnamon-spiced crust. Even better, this recipe can be adapted to be gluten-free, nut-free, and even refined sugar-free!

Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake

This creamy pumpkin cheesecake is made with whole foods and makes for an amazing dairy-free comfort dessert.

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Vegan Fall Leaf Sugar Cookies

These vegan fall leaf sugar cookies from Sugar Spice n’ Everything Nice are a great way to get kids involved in the kitchen. They’re packed with fun colors and cut into cute sugar cookie leaves for a simple but adorable easy fall dessert recipe. Enjoy alone as a treat or part of a Fall dessert recipe spread with other desserts and sweet dips!

Vegan Fall Leaf Sugar Cookies

These Vegan Fall Leaf Sugar Cookies are inspired by the beautiful autumn colors, and they’re right on time for Thanksgiving. Perfect, crispy, buttery, and yummy to boot!

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